COUNT HOW He 'c, HEN KING RICHARD THE LION-HEARTED OF ENGLAND WENT OFF TO THE CRUSADES, HE LEFT.A REGENCY TO RULE IN HIS PLACE. THE HEAD OF THIS REGENCY WAS HIS CRUEL HALE-BROTHER JOHN. WNBER JOHNS SPCTISM REACHED 4 PEA N BE OF THE RICH. OUT OF THIS UNBALANCED SCALE OF JUSTICE OSE A CHAMPION OF THEROWN TRO LAN IN HOGE, HIS SIV RAISING ADVENTURES AND THOSE OF His MERRY’ MEN BECAME LEGEND, HANDED ON FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. AND SO, TOOAT, WE ARE ABLE TO RE- THE EXCITING TALE OF ROBIN HOOD — AME TO BE,AND WHAT HE DIDCLASSICS DUlustrated r JHE story Has 7S STRAIGHT TO A] [BUT-AS THE ARROW ZOOMS TO BB BEGINNINGS. IN {7 y BE sHegwoop Forest_| WITH A PEASANT JAND HIS HUNGRY CHILD_| THOUGHT No ONE ARREST HIAA! | WAS LOOKING, EH? DON'T CRY, MY SON, SOON WE SHALL HAVE MEAT ON OUR TABLE ENOUGH FOR, You aNp Your [ERCY PLEASE) GET UE QeBeiniet Way & YOU SAXEN CHLDREN ARE) “DOG! STARVING! Jf BIND HU, ~ ay HANDS ANG FEET! NONE GF THEM SEE A LEAN, ISINEWY ARM REACHING OUT OF THE UNDERBRUSH VU? ROBIN OF LOCKSLEY! 17 _WAS MY ARROW, TOO, THAT SLEW THE DEER. ‘THIS’ POOR EELLOW'S SHOT WENT FAR OFF ITS MARKSROBINS ARROW PINIONS THE GAMEKEEPER TO A ROBIN HOOD YOU, MAN. DON'T YOU DESIRE THE TASTE OF MY AgROW, TOO? WHILE ROBIN'S ARROWS TWANG MERRILY, THE OTHER TWO FLEE MY THANKS . YOU SAVED ME. THEY WOULD HAVE SHAVED "OFF MY BARS AND THROWN MEIN VAIL. BUT you've BUT YOURSELF IN DANGER: BY TAKING THE BLAME! YOUR CHILDREN STARVE— YET YOU PRATTLE, Take THIS <4 MEAT HOME |) ANG_EAT B HEARTILY! [ROB OF LocKsLEY- 1 HEARD WELL OF HAVE LANDS, BUT. . ARE KIND TO POVERTY SHOULD NOT YOU. THEY SAY You } MAKE SLAVES LATER, A ROBIN. ROBIN. DON'T GO HOME!) 7UsT ) HEARD YOU KILLED THE KING'S DEER WHILE HUNTING, NOW THERE'S A DEATH I? PENALTY FOR Ee sucHA CRIME }CLASSICS Illustrated Twe Law was Newly Jie 1 an, ©\ Vy ROBIN= WHERE _ WY worey No7, \ PASSED BY KING WHY STOP ARE YOU GOING? \ WiLL STUTELY. JOHN-ALL NOTTING=) AT ONE ? COME eAce!voULL ) tL BE BACK HAM 15 TALKING 4) Tht SHOW bey BE CAUGHT! ACTER I'VE HAD 17 MAKES YOU. THEIA REAL ‘. SUBJECT TOIT! SPORT! fe ZONE SPORT, RAN NorrinaHam! HAT GOOS Bay PLIES MY MINSTRELS HAVE LosT/ PLAN... \| THEM WITH MORE AND TOUCH IN OUR TRAVELS! || MORE ALE _ AND ‘PUTS THEM TO SLEEP! ULL LEAVE THIS. SLEEPING BEAUTY” A SWEETER NOTE! ae =CLASSICS Plustrated WREN THEY AWAKEN. 7 MUST PLAN ANOTHER WAY 70 TAKE HIM, THEN. BUT FiesT, WE SHALL SEE WHAT HE 1S UP TO. HE MIGHT SHOW AIS HAND? AY. THEY US, AND STOLE THE WARRANT. WE BARELY ES CARED WITH Ove LIVES / THIS ISWIT THE WAR RANT... SMY MINSTRELS) AND 1 4RE WAITING WITH ARROWS INSTEAD OF Hares” .. ROBIN HOOD, THE QUTLAW! THAT WAS HE WITH MANY MEN) WE MUST FELL THE SHERIRE = BUT_NOT THAT WE DRANK! SOONER THAN THE SHERIFF IMAGINES, ROBIN HOOD AND HIS BAND STRIKE THEIR FIRST BLOW. AT A HANGING THE HANG HIM WELL. WE HELD FROM US A BUSHEL OF A_VeLLEY OF ARROWS SWIFT. NOTE. "GREETINGS Ly FOLLOWS FeOM ROBIN HOOD ANG HIS MERRY MEN!” s WERE ISHOWERED!ROBIN HOOD THE SHERIFF CONTINUES HIS TERRORIZING. NO-NO- NOT THE BANDING, IRONS ROBIN HOOD! EVERY WHERE SW STEPHAN! ~ARE YOU MASQUEPADE; "1 WAS STOPPED ON THE HIGHWAY... MORE VENISON ‘OR OUR GUEST! "DESPITE MYSELF, | ATI WAS GOOD " C= WE ENTERTAIN OU GUESTS, TOO, WITH WOODLAND SPORTS! fy “AFTER THE FEAST..CAME FROLIC _ THE MEN WERE SO MERRY | HAD TO LAUGH... BUT THEN -cesereenneCLASSICS Plustroted THE SHERIFF RIDES TO LONDON TOWN 7 VISIT A_MAN WHOSE MIND WS EVER RESTLESS WITH BLACK SCHEMES.| | REPEAT IT, SHERIFF IT'S THIEVERY MOCKERY! ROBIN HOOD AND WIS. BAND MUST BE EVERY INN CHARGES FOR ITS FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT OUR PRICE 1S YOUe RIEWSED (WET EVER SET BACK On THE THRONE. WE AALIST PREVENT w1S RETURN, 70 ENGLAND FROM OHM, FOR AIP AGHINST THEM f RICHARD HAS BEEN C ZED YOUR MAIESTY_ Oe acioeane MESSAGE JUST BescieD sbes ee EOWA A PORE K j 1S PEMANDED FOR IS RELEASE! 1AM ASKED TO RAISE J y THE BANSOM. HAHA! Ww 4 li ; WE_Wikl ROT IN PRISON SEFORE 7 L/@T 4 FINGER FOR HIM, PATE HAS PLAYED HAVE ANOTHER YOUR MAJESTY, ~ WELL INTO MY HANES! PLAN WHEREBY THE SHERIFF OF \ WE 2eoriT___BU7, \ NOTTINGHAM PAGE, WHAT MESSAGE ) WISHES AN 207 Loox THERE! THe \R LAP SEEMS TO BE ween! (1 FIND A PRIEST To "Maaey vou AND THE LASS, WiLL <{ ‘SHE CONSENT AGAINST HER FATHERS Jr WHAT SAY YOU, |ROBINL vou ARE ROBIN. DO WE J THE FAMED ROBIN HOOD? WILL ?ROBIN HOOD [HE 1s Fee 112 FETCH TUCK, OF HIM, FOUN- FOUNTAIN STAIN DALE [we wie Jones ENoUEH. ROBIN HOOD WALKS RAPIDLY ACROSS SUN- LIT ROADS AND FOREST| BATHS UNTIL HE REACHES) THE BANK OF 4 RIVER .. FOUNTAIN DALE'S ON THE OTHER SIDE. 1 MUST FIND A WAY. 72 GET ACkOSS! 1 SEEK ONE FRIAR TUCK, WHO DWELLS “AT FOUNTAIN DALE. ‘SUDDENLY, ROBIN HOOD HEARS BOISTEROUS SINGING _ tow WHEN THE STOUT ALE M6 ALL FLOWING $0 FAST, OUR SOREOWS AND TROUBLES ARS THINGS OF A THE bast, at TRA LA LALA LALA, y ALA LALA SUEH 18 THE LIFE OF A FRIAR, TRA LA, THERE'S PLENTY 72 EAT AND TO BRINK , FOR THE GOOD WIFE Wilt. KEEP HIM A SEAT BY THE FIRE, AND THE PRETTY GIRLS SMILE AT HIS WINK. FOUNTAIN: RIVER... SOMEWHAT. — , ACROSS THE YEG, FATHER, PALES } BOF 1 22 NOT WANT 7O GET MY FINE CLOTHES. » GE GOOD &NOUSH) TO CARRY ME ACwOSS?CLASSICS IUbcshrated | THE RIVER IS CROSSED] [ROBIN HOOD QUIETLY UN- | NOW CAPEY ME BACK’ \BUEKLES THE FRIARS SWORD] THE POINT OF YOUR SWORD _SAYs yOU SHOULD. AND 7 WEAR 4 SWORD TOO! THE FRIAR BLASTS OUT AN ANGRY OATH. THEN His EYES TWINKLE, AND HE CALMS DOWN. IT 1S MY DUTY TO HELP A STRANGER. HOP ON MY BACK AND GNE ME OUR SWORD) S017 WONT GET WET!) CUNNING Frerske! BOT THIS TIME THE STREAM [LHAVE Your swoRD ROBIN HOOD! FRIAR TUCKS HOW. Now! —é ROBIN HOOD. FRIAR TUCK! .THE ROGUISH FRIAR ‘cep SS 15 NONE OTHER ~ —AND- THe i an WHATS MORE 1 SHALL JOIN, YOUR WE COULD USE A STOUT FRIAR .-- BUT FIRST, THAT MARRIAGE, | WAVE A PLAN. WHAT A LOVELY AN GONE 72 KING JOIN TOWN your NOTTINGHAM 15. THE SHERIFE Ril WAY, HE HAS TROUBLE: Witty ROBIN HOOD HE'S |) PASTE ATEN MAIDEN WITH TWe ELDERLY MEN, FATHER S SHE LOVES, AND GEAND = De HIM NOTE, FOR HELP AND HAS HAVE A SONG THAT WiLL MAKE THE ERIPE LOVE THE HEART'S: MAN SHE MARRIES — We CONTENT! FOR ALWAYS!DO YOU, ELLEN ) NAY, HOW COULD SHE, ‘WHEN HE 1S ROBIN HOOD - MIS MEN! KINGS TROOPS? )FNEST THIS IND SO THE MINSTREL WE MUST GET KNOW OF YOUR FEASTS, BUT lth NOT THE MAN FOR YOU. LHAVE NO MONEY — ALAS, NOT A SHILLING Was HOLD, KNIGHT, AND COME 70.4 FEAST SPREAD BY ROBIN HOOD, NOW THAT 1 LOOK CLOSE AT YOU, LNOTICE vouw JALL MY LANDS: FACE IS VERY A UNLESS | PAY SAD. WHAT ASA SUM TO TROUBLES YOU) THE SHERIFE KSlI2 RICHACD? JOF NOTTINGHAM!|THE SHERIFE? COME WITH US, AND FEAST WITHOUT US WHAT. BLOOD: jay G0aD ) SUCKING) Wires {SNIVEL- HE'S EVEN TAKEN. \ METHINES EC- \ THE SHERIEE 1500 POUNDS WN THIS BAG ALL OF THEM. HELL NEVERCLASSICS Illustrated [ie HeRE 1s 4 way} TO KEEP SPILLING BLOCOD-~ ROBIN HOOD ACTS WITH [LIGHTNING SPEED! SIR RICHARD, TOMORZOW 1 CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH!ROBIN HOOD THE OTHER JOO POUNDS 15 {SO WAS MY SONS.AFTER\SO-ROBIN HOOD MAKES: RIGHTFULLY YOURS ,700..) THE TROUBLE, HE LEFT To) PREPARATIONS FOR THE BUT 1200 OF IT WOULD A JOIN RICHARD IN THE | |DELIVERY OF THE MONEY, COMPLETE THE IS2USADES. MY SON DEO = COMPLETE IO pra, NOR THE BATTLE FIELD neo rs \ oa WD KING RICHARDITMY ALLEG-|UNDER OU? GREAT <| SAFE BE TO TAKE IT VANCE 13 | KING'S BANNER..H/S \) DELIVERY OURSELVES, HEART, TOO, WOULD CRY) 73 ANY TOA FOR? RICHARDS OFFICIALS | SHIP AT A FREEDOM { (ERE!) CI “HANNEL PORT 17 LEAVES FROM SOUTH = 1S THIS FITTING ? INGTON. THE CAPTAIN CAN “FROM ROBIN HOOD BE TRUSTED, | LL PLACE ANB THE FREEMEN THIS MONEY IK A STRONG OF SHERWOOD FOREST BOX WITH A MESSAGE, ANG FREEMEN EVERY AND TAKE (T 7O HAL WHERE, FOR THEI BELOVED KING. MAY GOR PROTECT HIM FROM HIS ENEMIES AT HOME AND IN FOREIGN LANDS, ” WE HAVE SUCH AN ASSORTMENT OF COSTUMES FROM OU GUESTS. METHINES, THis TIME, 1 WiLk BE A MONK CARRYING, A SACRAMENTAL BOX! BY SAINT CHRISTOPHER, BLESSINGS ON /T. AND NOW,LET US WASH DOWN A BOTTLE CF GOOD ALE 72 SEND 17 SWIMMINGLY, ON ITS WAY! Ay tt MASTERPIECEYOu MAKEA HOLY MAN WITHOUT DOUBT, AND A HOLY MISSION YOU GO, ON!) Goo sea! MEANWHILE, A MESSENGER FROM JOHN’ ARRIVES IN NOTTINGHAM. yea HE RANSOM 1500 pounps |? SNATCHED ouT | COLLECTION. OF MY HANDS, / ROBIN HOOD BNE ee MUST HAVE WHAT NEARLY ENOUGH | PURPOSE! BY WOWs NEARLY? BY FAITH, HE HAS ENOUGH, THIS PAPER /S A LIST OF THOSE WHO REPORTED TOME WHAT HE TOOK FROM THEA, | SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT Fe CONSULT 17 GEFORES IM A DESPERATE MAAN, TOMORROW THE FORT NIGHTS LP. JOHN WitL, WANT A RECKONING. 1 MUST MAKE ONE MORE ATTEMPT 72 TAKE ROBIN HOOD OR AT LEAST THE RANSOM jf MONEY. 4 RICE WITH ALL HASTE TO SOUTHINGTON, A BOAT THROUGH THE BALTIC LEAVES FROM THERE, ¢ SUSPECT ROBIN HOOD WILL BOARD ONE, O2 TRY TO GET THE MONEY ABOARD. SEARCH EVERYONE, ' 4 ‘ p > : i nN y « WITH THE RANSOM.) SHERIFF 2 YET WOULD 2OBIN HOOD DELAY THE DELIVERY ? IE HE WANTS SOMETHING CONE, HE WOULD 20 IT HIMSELESROBIN HOOD SPIRITED STEEDS SHORTCUT AHEAD OF THE LUMBERING COACH. WHEN ROBIN HOOD ALIGHTS AT THE CHANNEL PORT.. 7 RECOGNIZE THOSE FELLOWS. THEY 2E THE SHERIFF'S MEN. METHINKS I'D BEST BE. ON GUARD CAUTIOUS ROBIN HOOD QUESTIONS ‘THE INN-KEEPER occ NO, THESE. (BUSINESS MUST BE, GOOD. THOSE AD LTTE SOLDIERS PRINK MUCH) SERIOUS MISSION THE RECOVERY, OF STOLEN, Money! HE STOPS A PASSENGER ON THE WAY 70 THE BOAT. | WouLb YoU Bo A BROTHER, A KINONESS 7 THIS BOX MUST BE BLACED IN CERTAIN HANDS| WHEN THE BOAT REACHES” PORT. (MUST RETURN TO LONDON TOWN— WILL You TAKE IT ?. FEW AAINUTES, LATER ROBIN HOOD FINDS: A SECLUDED SPOT, QUICKLY, HE EMPTIES’ THE MONEY FROM THE STRONG BOX INTO A SACK, REFILLS THE STRONG BOX WITH STONES, AND LOCKS: IT SECURELY: THEY WILL SEARCH FOR IT AT THE BOATS, NO. ONE, NOTHING WILL GET PAST ) THEM, GOOD FATHER, BUT PON'T FORGET 171E. A SECRET, STOPPED AT THE BOATI| [ae sA/> YwELL co THIS 15 17 ..."TO THE AFTER HIAA! CAPTAIN... SEND, THIS Bax 70 sOve EMPEROR, FOR THE RELEASE OF 4 KING RICHARD OF ENG- LAND THERE (5. FriooKk THIS COULD Wor ar Me? COME FROM A GAAN IN ROBIN MONKS ROBES,CLASSICS PUnsbrated THE MOMENT THE SOLDIERS DEPART, RICHARD HAS NO WAY OF KNOWING ROBIN HOOD BOARDS THE BOAT. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS THE MONEY IN HERE ¥ EA IEEE ATION: 13 FROM THE PEOPLE Ha Phat, THe FREE! | HAD NoT| OF ENGLAND, FOR ie] THOUGHT THAT MY. THE RANSOM OF BROTHER JOHN WOULD FURNISH THE RANSOM ./ BID. MISJUDGE “THE MEANWHILE, THE SOLDIERS, WHEN THEY FIND |NO TRAIL OF ROBIN HOOD, BRING THE STRONG- BOX TO THE SHERIFF. ALAS! THE > VILLAIN OBIN THE NEXT Day 15 THE SHERIFF'S HOOD HAS Daw OF RECKONING, HIS HORT TRICKED US! F NIGHT HAS EXPIRED J (Paenans NOT 10 YoU, BUT | JA TOURNAMENT)] /WE WiLL COME TO THIS WAVE GIVEN THE MATTER <1 TRIED THAT. MUCH THOUGHT. Wily Bo | ONE UNDISGU/ISED, | CAN HE CAME IN MAKE MY HAND WRITING 4 Noe rE UTNM APO |) HE, CAMBY Fal MAKE iy, ane Mri CAPTURING HIM? 1 WILL ELSES, WHOSE CALL ENSNAGE HIM AT A ees ROBIN HOADP WILL HEED! noesROBIN HOOD SEVERAL DAYS LATER A TRUMPET | [WHOSE MESSAGE IS THIS? 1 BON'T KNOW. AMAN STEPBED FROM A Boar AND PAID WELL 72 DELIVER THIS. | COULD NOT SEE HIS FACE. HE WORE A COWL OVER IT! FOREST. -———aaiag | WHAT WAS THAT? THE RICHARD HAS REACHED, ENGLAND, OF THAT AM SURE. | HAVE A TRUE FEELING THAT HE WILL BE ATASHBY, AND THAT EVERYTHING WiLL WORK OUT. COULD IT BE SOME TRICK SOME TRIEK BNoTAND 100) NOT GO? Witt) NorCLASSICS Pllusdrated JOHN SCANS THE CROWD/HE/S IN THE TAP | THERES ROBIN HOOD, \ (Wil, HAVE SO; SO HE BID BELIEVE Youre \ SPORT WITH HUA HERALDS STORY AND p BEFORE] SPRI THE FORGERY, HA, HAL JOHN AND THE SHERIF, TWO VILLAINS SITTING, TOGETHER. THAT LOOKS NOT GOOD, BUT NO MATTER WHAT... I'LL *) STAND MY GROUNDS THE TOURNAMENT BEGIN: WITH A CONTEST OF KNIGHTS| IN COMBAT. THE VICTOR] 1S ONE WHO CALLS HIMSELF THE D/S= INHERITED KNIGHT. "CAN THE, DISINHERIT-] ED_KNIGHT BE RICHARD HE IS THE BEST RIDER OF THEM ALL! 1 SEE NO KING RICHARD, NOR HEAR ANY WORD THAT HE IS PRESENT. YET_HE may BE DIS ~ | GUISED AND MAKE: HIMSELF KNOWN, A LIKE THOUGHT FLASHES THROUGH JOUNS MIND |Z BUT NAY, RICHARD 15 4 MUCH LARGER AN. Wil”, TWINK 1 THAT HE AMAY BE HERE? / SHOULD NOT GIVE HIM A THOUGHT JOHN WOULD Ne THROUGH THE VISOR OF A KNIGHT IN BLAGK,NOT MANY YARDS FROM HIMA. § [WHEN WiLL YOU ( cevear your. * SELF, RICHARD? SEL, RICHARD. WHEN 1 LEARN WHY THE TRAITOR JOHN. TOOK THE TROUBLE 7O RELEASE METROBIN HOOD 7, KNOW NO ROBIN, OR ROBIN OF LOCKSLEY Jf INSOLENT ONE! p< | THis SAUCY FELLOW, WHEN | TAKE My THRONE. ILL SHOW HIS WHIP-TONGUE A THING OR TWOS [SUDDENLY, RICHARDS EVE 1S CAUGHT BY THE FIGURE HE TOURNAMENT Is RE- ISUMED WITH ANOTHER COMBAT, TWO PARTIES OF KNIGHTS CLASH [> ONF THE DISINHERITED KNIGHT. NEW OPPONENTS RUSH IN AND BY UN- FAIR TACTICS SEEM TO BE OVER- COMING HIM Y SUT RICHARD.....J SEIZING A BATTLE-AXE FROM AN ATTACKER, RICHARD SAVES: THE OISINHERITED KNIGHT! | THEN = SWIFTLY. BY FAITH, HE 1S NOT A DULL ONE\ AFTER ALL - EVEN IF HE NEVER HEARD OF ROBIN..NO MATTER! MEANWHILE, THE DISINHERITED KNIGHT 1S AWARDED THE PRIZE, AND IS UNMASKED BRAVE LAD LIKE IVANHOE Te JOINS WY BAND.BUTAH ME Tocay ) 24 PONOT FEEL LIKE ROBIN HOO!CLASSICS Pldsbrated NO GNE APPROACHES ME. 1S AS ROBIN NEARS JOHN'S Box] JM LOOSLEY, RICHARD HERE? 1S MY SAFETY 4 BEALLY GUARANTEE? METHINKS | WILL SPEAK WITH JOHN AND. UNCOVER HIS HAND! BUGLE HORN] eng ant |So Yeu ARE LocKsiey | WHE@E AFTER THE MY BROTHER RICHARD } IS CONTEST PIF 1 Do, 7 WILL SURELY WIN. WOULD YOU LIKE THAT? ff “a ASSEMBLED HERE ARE THE BEST ARCHERS, IN THE COUNTRY! NAY. BUT YOU WILL NOT WIN. CONDUCT, AND | PROMISED HIM WOULD NOT MOLEST Yous ROBIN HOOD STRIDES TOWARD THE FIELD] { WAIT! NO ONE SHOULD BE 50 SUPE OF HIMSELF. YOU WiLL ENTER LAST TO MEET THE ARCHERS. ROBIN HOOD WINNER. HOW SICK YOU WILL CANNOT POSSIBLY BEAT ANY OF THEM !ROBIN HOOD. ] hai 3 \ b rh AAA HAS 1S 1 POSSIBLE? HE AIMED) ALMOST WITHOUT LOOK- NG! AND SPLIT THE, tae WOW TO GIVE THE KNAVEINAY 1'VE CHANGED MY MIND. 1 HAD,CLASSICS HERE /S THE PRIZE. NOW COME WITH ME. ‘4 GOOD FRIEND AND JOWN INTO A HESITANT, ROBIN FOLLOWS) Ilusbroted WHY? DOES \NAY,IT FILLS TENT. A FRIENDIAFTER, WHAT 1 SAW OF 2OUe SHOOTING Tomay | DESIZE A NEVER MIND WHERE HE 15. THIS CONCERNS YOU 48ND ME ACCEDT. HERE. IT WASN'T INSTEABUNBENT \ RICHARD 2ETER, 70 YOUR. ANE YET)ALL / WELL, / OU REFUSE] «/ peEmEe To Ze~ ENEMY. WHEN RICHARD BS FOOD AND DRINK}...ROBIN HOOD FIRST 1D LIKE 7 VEN-| [ON ANOTHER ROAD THE KINGS MEN TURE INTO SHERWOOD | |GIVE UP THE CHASE. in my TEMPER / SaiD 120 MUCH, BUT PER. WHY FUSS CHANCE It 15 TIME FOREST FOR A FEAST: ra, OVE; Dea He | EEE con ae tre | (We Lost He Yany More avee THERE 1S MUCH TO NOT BEEN CAPTURED POUBT HES IN) HAVE BIGGER BE DONE TO YET. THE FOREST GAME 70 HUNT) STRAIGHTEN OUT THIS LAND CALLED MERRY ENGLAND! IN. RICHARD, WY HAND STILL TREMBLES WITH EXCITEMENT. KING RICHARD WAS HERE IN THE GUISE OF FOREST HOW CAN WE THE OTHER KILL HIM? THE FOREST KING'S MEN AND 70 JOIN WITH US THIS: TUAE WE MUST) STRIKE THE BLOW. THINK HOW, JOHA Wie REWARD US'/,CLASSICS PlLcstreted? At THE SAME TIME, UNDER THE [PZ GREENWOOD TREE + WOULD LIKE 60 THEN! STOP TOEND THIS Day \\ THE FIRST ONE! OF ADVENTURE WITH A EAST, HELPS NOT, / HOOD SHOULD AND IT 1S 8 BE MERRY FIRST, TELL ME 7AM WORRIED FOR) WHAT TROUBLES } RICHARD. JOHN YOU, ROBIN? TURNED THE SUB-' You S/T 50 JECT WHEN / ASKED MOODILY, WHERE HEIS... 1F . THAT: WRETCHED Jon mas Cone ™ AWAY WITH HUM, Sek BIP COWN THE PALACE STONE ANO NONE OF US 1M TO STOP THE FIRST THROUGHOUT THE FEAST \| MAN | SEE, AND HERE SHALL SPEAK THE NAME RICHARD. NOW FETCH A GUEST. WE WILL IP YOU ARE FRIEND OR FOE, 1 FOE, 7 WHLe.ROBIN HOOD HERE- BUT) HUT, TUT, \ 7AM YOUR SWORN FOE! | CECRY LAWLESS ~ NESS AND OUTLAWRY! YOU BESMIREH THE FAIR NAY IBY A SACRED PLEDGE / CANNOT. NOW PUSH BACK YouR HOOD- SO 1 CAN SEE <\ FACE FoR TWENTY HOURS. THE TIME 15 Nor ver Pt THEN KEEP ICONCEALED. PAYING WELL FOR THE FEAST. | HONOR? Your’ PURSE AY, | MUST EAT SOME OF MY MONEYS WORTH - BUT LL TURN MY HEAD TO KEEP MY VOW! NOTE THERE, STRANGER, YOU ARE EATING THE wTOHN'S OR MEAT OF THE KINGS I RICHARD'S?, 6 HEARD INTHE FOREST TO- MIGHT YLCLASSICS Illustrated THEY EVEN FORBID THE 3 LAR TRR ie AST THIERRY MEN ENTERTAIN NAME OF RICHARD-THE KNAVES... TRAITORS. TO me. et a) REAL SPORT FoR Your \\ 100 POUNDS - MORE THAN WE EVER OFFERED OUR OTHER GUFSTS! THIS GARLAND 1S YOUR MARK, LADS. YOU ARE TO SHOOT THREE ARROWS AT S/X SCORE FACES. WHOEVER MISSES 4S MUCH AS ONE ARROW SHALL BE CUFFED BY Pyite ScaeLer? HE SHOOTING BEGINS. EVER SO OFTEN AN ARCHER STREAKS TO THE MASSES AND GETS A | GARLAND. BUFFETING, WHILE HIS COMPANIONS HOWL THEIR. AMUSEMENT... EVENRICHARD GUF- FAWS,THOUGH HE BELIEVES HE 15 IN. THE LAIR OF ROGUES [| THE SECOND LODSES WITHIN BUT, THE THIRD ARROW IS BADLY AN INCH OF THE FIRST... FEATHERED AND MISSES ITS Manic | THE OUTLAW SOME, LAD, IN TRUTH ICANT, CAN SHOOT! 0x MY BARS II YOURE KING HERE, ; AND NO ONE BARES TO CUFF A KING /ROBIN HOOD = SUDDENLY A CHALLENGER III) W aur vou wees NOT NATED TO BUFFET ME, (LL BREAK YOU IN TWAIN [ THEARR A RUMOR AT COURT, THAT JOHN HAS SENT OUT MEN TO HUNT DOWN KING RICHARD AND HILL aia f AS ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD GRAPPLE] A WARNING COMES ; ROBIN HOOD! MAKE HASTE! GET YOUR MEN TOGETHER | 7MUST FIND RICHARD AT ONCE, AND "YOU, AN ENEMY, WOULD OBIN HOOD: (NOT UNDERSTAND. WE WHIRLS HERE WOULD GIVE UP Ouie AROUND, BE- RICHARD'S ) LIVES TO HELP HiM. WE GINS TS, Lif? 4 ARE PLEDGED TO SPEAK, BUT RICHARD OF His Voice ENGLAND { TRAILS OFFT CALLED YOU JYET, YOU WANT 7O SAVE KING RICHARD, MY INSULTS \ THAT TOUCHES ‘KNOW 1 WAS AMONGST THE: MOST LOYAL SUB- JECTS A MAN 1 MUST RECLAIM )TOHN IS PLAN- eB: 77 WAS NAY FRIEND. V THERE ARE ISAVING AY \WE WILL STAY | MORE OF THEM ROBIN HOOD! TAKE CARE / TROOPS ARE COMING! THEY SAY RICHARD 1S IN THE FOREST. YOU. WELD \ WILL FIGHT | WIT THEMONCE | PaO) OV OUR BEFORE MANY’ MEET Tile SOLDIERS 7 piE POU LEAVE, RACE eS IN AND WE <4 JUMPED ON Cuz ENEMIES, FROM THE TREES..HMM..| eelsROBIN HOOD [THESE PIECES OF THIS TIME WHEN THE ATTACKERS ENTER THEY) CLOTH Wilel. SURPRISE, LOOK ABOUT GUARDEDLY, CAl SLY. THEM / oe =a BREAK THEIR BLADE: WAITTFIGHT NO] YOUVE NAY, | FELT NOTHING @ROKEN BLADES ARE ‘CUT INTO ONE) WHEN | THRUST! WE'VE | ABANDONED AS. SOLDIERS FLEECLASSICS PUlusbrated JOHN'S BOOT: LICKER! i THAN Tt ——— EVER 1140! fae|| SURRENDER Dib YOU THINK TO UNSEAT | y ROBIN HOOD [TORNADO OF ARROWS! — THE REMAINING J ATTACKERS, CONFUSED AND WEARY, TE YOU CAN BE | HOW FIRMLY | SPEAK SO TEMPTED!) WHEN / HAVE NOT YET, SUDDENLY, RICHARD DOFFS HIS HOOD-AND THE] Tone tov oustr RECOGNIZE THEIR RIGHT- ING. ITS RICHARPL, SOHN ARRIVES, ONAWARE THAT HAS JOINED HIS PROCESSION HA— THE PEOPLE WELCOME THE CROWD GETS A NEW THRILL AS OUTLAW SDINSCLASSICS Illustrated PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE ANOINTMENT!. WO! NO! You WONT GETROBIN HOOD EVERYWHERE IN THE PALACE, MAN IN DESPERATE FIGHT. THE PEOPLE'S WEAPONS - ANYTHING THEY CAN THROW! el “THE BLADE,] E SHERIF IN THE CHAGS ROBIN SPIES 4 FACE ROBIN HOOD SIDE-STEPS THAT HAS HOUNDED HIM... AND LUNGES FORWARO, BUT TH! FLEES: HO- MY SWEETEST, FRIEND I 4 ea = omeCLASSICS DLcsdrated I THE TERRIFIED SHER LOSES His BALancet | A [ THE FIGHT is OVER... AND WITH IT THE END OF NOW, | AM KING AGAIN... AND LIKE 1 BUT 70 You, ROBIN HOOD, AND /ay BUT HAVE BANISHED YOUR FOLLOWERS, TO YOUR MEN, | GRANT FULL A WHAT | oe {BANISH YOU. IF YOU ARE NOT PARDON sAND'T ENTER A OUT _OF ENGLAND IN TWO. PLEA. WILL YOU ENTER Loavs, youn!